Association of Vitamin D Status with COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in the Asia Pacific region: A Cross-Sectional Study
Yadav et al.,
Association of Vitamin D Status with COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in the Asia Pacific region: A..,
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, doi:10.1007/s12291-020-00950-1
Analysis of vitamin D levels and COVID-19 in 37 Asia Pacific countries, finding a significant association with the number of cases/million (r = −0.394, p = 0.016) and a weak association with the number of deaths/ million (r = −0.280, p = 0.093).
Yadav et al., 3 Feb 2021, peer-reviewed, 6 authors.
Abstract: Ind J Clin Biochem (Oct-Dec 2021) 36(4):492–497
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-020-00950-1
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Association of Vitamin D Status with COVID-19 Infection
and Mortality in the Asia Pacific region: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dharmveer Yadav1 • Amandeep Birdi1 • Sojit Tomo1 • Jaykaran Charan2
Pankaj Bhardwaj3 • Praveen Sharma1
•
Received: 14 October 2020 / Accepted: 11 December 2020 / Published online: 3 February 2021
Ó The Author(s) 2021
Abstract COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic
by WHO on 11 March 2020. Still, very little is known
about the potential protective dietary factors for the prevention of infection and mortality due to COVID-19.
Keeping in view the scarcity of literature/studies available,
in this regards present study was undertaken to assess if
there is any correlation between mean levels of Vitamin D
in various Asia Pacific countries with the infection and
mortality caused by COVID-19. We collected data for
mean levels of Vitamin D for 37 Asia Pacific countries for
which we have also got the data regarding the morbidity
and mortality of COVID-19. The mean levels of Vitamin D
were found to have a significant association with the
number of cases/million(r = - 0.394, p value = 0.016)
and a weak association with the number of deaths/ million
(r = - 0.280, p value = 0.093) due to COVID-19. In
conclusion, we found a significant relationship between
Vitamin D levels with the number of COVID-19 cases. So
further clinical trial/study with a large sample size is needed to elucidate the protective role of Vitamin D in
COVID-19.
Keywords COVID-19 Vitamin D levels ACE-2 Asia
pacific region
& Dharmveer Yadav
dharam143s@gmail.com
1
Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
2
Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
3
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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